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E. HADRA. Machine for Oaloring and Flavoring Cigars. No. 237,522."

Patented Feb. 3,1381.

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Patented Feb. 8, 1881.

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N, PETERS, PHOTO LITHOGRAPH UNITE-1).; SrATE P'ATENT," QFFICE.

EDWARD HADRA, OF CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

MACH l NE FOR COLORING iA-ND FLAlVO Rl NG CIGARS.

SPECIIl'sIGA'ILION" formingpart of Letters Patent No. 237,522, dated February 8-,. 1881-. Application filed December 20, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD HADRA,a citizen of the United States, residing at (Jumber land, in' the county of Alleghany and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Coloring and Fla voring Cigars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to apply to manufactured cigars or tobacco a suitable coloring or coloring and flavoring liquid in a rapidand. effective manner and without injury to the wrappers. i

It consists,1nainly, in the combination, in a i machine for coloring and flavoring manufactured cigars and tobacco, of a concavehaving a smooth inner face, and a rotary cylinder provided with a radially -yieldin g facing of sponge, and arranged to rotate within the concave, whereby, when the sponge facing is supplied with a coloring or coloring and flavoring liquid .and manufactured cigars or tobacco are introduced between the cylinder and concave,

1 they will be carried around with a rolling motion, forced into the sponge as they travel, and receive therefrom a thorough application of the said coloring or coloring and flavoring liquid without injury to the wrappers, as hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a top or plan view thereof with the tray removed. Fig. 3 is a section taken on a central vertical plane; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tray, showing principally the bottom side thereof.

The letter- A indicates the concave, which is supported upon a frame, B, of any suitable construction.

U refers to the rotary cylinder, which may be either a solid block of wood or other material. If desired, however, it may be made hollow and provided with internal spider-frames. This rotary cylinder is set up to the inner face of the concave, so that the cylinder will rotate within the latter. The face of this cylinder is covered with a layer, 0, of sponge, which is tacked onto the cylinder along the edges, or otherwise suitably secured thereto. The shaft of the cylinder is journaled in the bearings D, which, in the present instance,

i The end walls, a, of the concave are formed iwlth horizontal slots to, through which the journals of the cylinder extend, said slots ad- I mittin g of the adj ustment j ust mentioned being made.

F, whereby a rotary movement can he impartled to the cylinder, although the crank may .fbe dispensed with, if desired, and the cylin- Qder driven by belt-power applied to a pulley 'npon said shaft. These journals are also dejtachably mounted on their bearings, so that the same can be removed when occasion requires. H

In rear of the concave, and above the rotary cylinder, is arranged a tray, H, with sides h h h, for holding tobacco or cigars. This tray rests upon suitable frame-work and inclines down toward the rotary cylinder, so as to admit of the cigars or tobacco being readily fed from the tray onto the cylinder. The lower end of this tray terminates above the cylinder just in rear of the concave, so that cigars or tobacco fed onto the cylinder will be carried round by the rotary cylinder between it and the concave, and the concave has a vertical flange, g, which prevents the cigars from passing over it. Below this tray, and above the sponge-faced rotary cylinder, is arranged a tube or trough, I, provided with perforations i in its bottom, through which the coloring and flavoring liquid drips onto thesponge facing of the cylinder. This trough may be supplied from an elevated tank, K, through a pipe, M provided with a suitable cock for cutting off the flow of liquid from the tank to the trough after the sponge facing of the rotary cylinder Upon one end of the cylinder-shaft is a crank,

has been supplied with the proper quantity of contact therewith, rotate sufficiently to expose.

to any convenient receptacle for collecting the articles afterthey have beentreated.

Any suitable coloring or coloring and flavoring compound may be used in this machinesuch, for instance, as a compound composed of the compound extract of black licorice, gumcatechu, and logwood, and this may be supplied to the sponge by the above-described tank and trough, or it may be supplied to the sponge by hand.

The operation is as follows: The sponge being properly saturated with the coloring or the coloring and flavoring compound, the cigars are 'fed by hand from the tray onto the sponge-faced roller, which, during its rotation, carries them round along the inner face of the concave. The cigars will be pressed into the sponge by the concave, and will, by frictional their entire outer surface to the sponge, thus insuring an equal distribution of the coloring and flavoring compound over the cigars. Af-

ter the cigars have passed the concave they drop down upon the chute, which conducts them to the desired receptacle.

In coloring plug-tobacco the cylinder and concave should be made longer than for cigars,

' the rotary cylinder being set at the required distance from the concave by adjusting its bearings.

It is evident that a variety of forms of framework for supporting the operative parts of this machine can be employed, and that also other and removing the said journals from their bearings. Cigars or tobacco can be colored and flavored very rapidly in this way, since the sponge will absorb a large quantity of the compound employed. In place of sponge, any fibrous or textile material may be used which will absorb a sufficient quantity of the coloring and flavoring compound and transmit the same to the surface of the cigars or tobacco, although I deem the sponge facing of the rotary cylinder to be the best.

What I claim is 1. In a machine for coloring and flavoring manufactured cigars and tobacco, the combination, with the concave having a smooth inner face, of the rotary cylinder provided with a radially-yielding facing of sponge for carryin g a coloring or flavoring liquid, and arranged to rotate within the concave, whereby, while the cigars or tobacco are carried around between the cylinder and concave, they will be forced into the yielding facing of the cylinder and become stained or flavored, or both, by the liquid held by the sponge, being subjected to a rolling and not a brushing action.

2. In a machine for coloring and flavoring cigars and tobacco, the combination, with the concave, of a rotary cylinder provided with a sponge facing, and a perforated trough for supplying the coloring and flavoring liquid to the sponge, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for coloring and flavoring manufactured cigars and tobacco, the combi-.

nation of a concave having a smooth inner face, a rotary cylinder provided with a radially-yielding facing of sponge for carrying a coloring or flavoring liquid, and horizontal bars adjustably secured'to the standards of the main frame by set-screws, and provided with bearings inwhich the cylinder is journaled, all substantially as and forv the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD HADRA.

Witnesses:

JAMES L. NoRRIs, JAMES A. RUTHERFORD. 

